Florida Department of CorrectionsJulie L. Jones, Secretary

Almost Three of Every Four DC Employees is a Correctional Officer or Correctional Probation Officer

On June 30, 2003, the Florida Department of Corrections had 25,126 employees including 18,650 or 74.2% in the Correctional or Correctional Probation Officer series.

The average employee is 41 years old and has been with the agency for eight years.

Of the 16,039 officers within the Department in the Correctional Officer series 11,349 are classified as correctional officers (70.8%) and 3,793 are correctional officer sergeants (23.6%). Lieutenants make up 2.7% (432) of the CO series, while captains comprise 1.7% (270).